your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to fall off; to tumble down
to lose one's footing; to slip
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to thrust down; to push off
in deep black; in jet black
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
rain cover; tarpaulin; covering against rain; taking shelter from rain
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
right beside; close to; nearby
people; men and women; each person; everybody
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)
to bind; to fasten; to tie up
scented insert (to enclose with a letter); perfumed insert
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
complete stranger; total stranger
to close (one's eyes); to shut
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
Satou Haruo (1892.4.9-1964.5.6)
recommendation; referral; endorsement
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
anthology; collection of works
recently; lately; these days
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue